Bolsinger Stymies Rockies In Dodgers' 1-0 Win

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Bolsinger pitched three-hit ball for six innings and Yasmani Grandal singled home the only run Sunday, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 1-0 victory that salvaged a split of their four-game series with the Colorado Rockies.

Bolsinger (2-0) struck out six, walked two and allowed only one runner past first base in his third start of the season.

Kenley Jansen, who returned from the disabled list Friday after left foot surgery in February and had four strikeouts in the eighth inning of the Dodgers' 6-4 victory, was back in his customary closer's role and pitched a perfect ninth for the save.

Kyle Kendrick (1-5) was the hard-luck loser, limiting the NL West leaders to a run and three hits over seven innings with five walks and one strikeout. The right-hander came in with a 9.27 ERA and 10 home runs allowed in six starts since his 10-0 win at Milwaukee on opening day.

The Dodgers got their run in the fourth on Grandal's hit toward the hole past shortstop Daniel Descalso, after Adrian Gonzalez singled with two outs and Justin Turner walked. They threatened for more in the sixth, but Andre Ethier lined out to center field after Kendrick walked the bases full.

Descalso led off the Rockies' third with a single and was thrown out by Grandal as he tried to steal on the next pitch. Grandal then fielded a dribbler to the right of the mound by Kendrick and threw the ball past Gonzalez at first base, but the Colorado pitcher was immediately ruled out by plate umpire Marty Foster for running inside the baseline.

Colorado batters struck out 54 times in the series against a pitching staff that has fanned 343 batters this season, second most in the majors behind Cleveland's 345. Leadoff hitter Charlie Blackmon, who struck out nine times in the four games, was ejected by Foster in the third inning after a swinging strikeout that stranded runners at the corners.

Blackmon was fuming about a called strike earlier in the at-bat. He has no RBIs in 36 at-bats since his solo homer against Craig Kimbrel on May 3 at San Diego.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Rockies: LF Corey Dickerson, who left Saturday night's game for a pinch hitter in the sixth inning after aggravating the Plantar Fasciitis in his left foot, batted for Kendrick in the seventh and fouled out. ... SS Troy Tulowitzki missed his third straight game because of stiffness in his left quadriceps.

Dodgers: LF Carl Crawford (right oblique strain) nor RF Yasiel Puig (left hamstring strain) have been sidelined for at least three weeks each, and both are eligible to come off the DL list. But neither is close to a minor league rehab assignment.

UP NEXT

Rockies: RHP Jordan Lyles (2-3) squares off against Philadelphia's Cole Hamels in the opener of a three-game series at Coors Field. In his previous start last Wednesday, Lyles was knocked out of the game after he was struck on his pitching hand by a line drive off the bat of the Angels' Albert Pujols in the first inning.

Dodgers: RHP Carlos Frias (3-0) opposes Tim Hudson on Tuesday night when the Dodgers open a three-game set at San Francisco before returning home to play the Padres.

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